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Teaser Excerpt from: Of Blood and Bone

Since Of Blood and Bone releases a month from today, I thought I would begin the weekly teaser today… so I’m going to have Teaser Thursdays instead of Teaser Tuesdays like everyone else. Because I’m abnormal, that’s why.

As a reminder… this is what Of Blood and Bone is about:

As a little boy, Luca Minaldi was told he was a monster.
As an adult, he knows it is true.

He lives in Malta, a fairytale-like place filled with sunshine and sea, beauty and secrets. And Luca’s darkest of secrets is the best kept of them all.

Eva Talbot arrives in Malta for the summer to finish up her doctoral dissertation. When she meets Luca, a mysterious and handsome shipping tycoon, there is an instant attraction, a disturbing and beautiful energy that she has never felt before. But she senses the darkness that lives within him.

Eva is hired to care for his mother, who suffers from dementia, but it is Luca who Eva will eventually risk everything to save. Her life becomes a swirling chaos of darkness and romance, of secrets and mystery. And the question that emerges will become the most important answer of all.

Can she save Luca from the darkness that plagues him without losing herself?

The answer is a matter of life or death.

And I thought it was fitting to have the first teaser be from when Luca and Eva actually meet. Here it is…from Eva’s point of view:

“Miss, is everything alright?”

A deep voice is calling from outside of my house. And before I can think about it and remember that I don’t know anyone here and that a stranger really shouldn’t be outside of my house, particularly in the middle of the night, I answer.

“No. I’m not.”

In a scant moment, a man bursts into my bedroom.

He looks startled to see that I am alone.

And I am startled because he’s alarmingly handsome.

So it appears that we are both startled as we stare at each other.

He’s dark haired, tanned, and has dark eyes. His bangs are hanging artfully in his eyes, although the hair on the back of his head is a little shorter. It’s a style that works for him. He’s got broad shoulders, slim hips, chiseled features and Sweet Merciful Mary, he’s beautiful. He’s dressed in jogging shorts and running shoes and a bead of sweat trickles down his temple. I don’t even have time to wonder why he’s out for a run in the middle of the night before I notice that he’s also got that sexy, day-old stubble that I so love on a man.

I swallow and realize that my mouth has gone dry.

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I’m going to do one Teaser a week, then on the last week before Release, I’m going to post the entire first chapter. I really, really hope you like it. I should mention, this book is not YA. The Minaldi Legacy is my first Adult Fiction series. It contains sexual situations and adult content (sex, blood, language and some violence). You can mark Of Blood and Bone as To-Read on Goodreads here.